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(11/30/07 6:00am)
When someone says the word America,"" we all conjure up
different images in our minds. Some might think of a painfully
mundane New Jersey suburb, some of a farm in a remote corner of
northern Wisconsin, some of consumption-crazed midtown Manhattan.
We have these images in our head of what we believe America to be,
but few of us have the ability to adequately express them. This is
the nature of the Coen brothers' wonderful gift and the reason that
films like ""No Country for Old Men"" stand out as consistently
canonical in modern cinema.
(10/26/07 6:00am)
Today marks the beginning of Halloween weekend, a time of year
when students freely engage in a variety of indulgent activities.
So while you're busy rocking out at the Lifehouse show and enjoying
other sinful pleasures at Freakfeast this weekend, remember you
don't have to commit every sin yourself. Save time to take in one
of these sinfully scary movies.'
(09/28/07 6:00am)
Many people have only heard of Scottish singer/songwriter KT
Tunstall through one single from her debut CD Eye To The Telescope.
The ever-catchy but sometimes annoying Suddenly I See"" has been
used in what seems like every movie, commercial and episode of a TV
show, appearing in ""The Devil Wears Prada,"" the season finale of
MTV's ""The Hills,"" and the series premiere of ""Ugly Betty,"" to
name a few.
(09/12/07 6:00am)
Right now, you don't really know me and what I'm about, and I
don't really know all of you, so this column is sort of like a
blind date. (Hey... you look really nice. I'm so glad you could
come tonight... oh, you like my shirt? Thanks.)
(09/06/07 6:00am)
Having a lapsed Presbyterian as a parent, I've been told more
than once that there's a saying at some Baptist schools Dancing is
the vertical expression of a horizontal desire."" I must have the
blood of some of these buttoned-down Gentiles in my veins because
even though my childhood could hardly have been more irreverent, I
seem to have internalized that motto. For years, anyone watching me
express myself vertically through dancing could have interpreted
that horizontal desire as either ""sleep"" or ""some kind of
paralyzing fear that must be experienced horizontally.""
(05/30/07 6:00am)
American Doll Posse, Tori Amos' ninth studio album, continues
her penchant for overarching concepts. Amos did this previously on
2002's Scarlet's Walk, cataloguing a woman's journey through the
United States, and 2005's The Beekeeper. While these albums were
lackluster at best, the highs of American Doll Posse rival some of
her best songs from Under the Pink, Boys for Pele or From the
Choirgirl Hotel.
(04/17/07 6:00am)
By Matt Hunziker
(04/11/07 6:00am)
The Kings of Leon have revitalized the definitive rock ‘n‘ roll
image. Indulging their souls in the excesses of booze, sex and
drugs that established the genre between '66 and '74, the Kings of
Leon have made a name for themselves by leaving the bullshit of
overproduction at the door and creating some of the greatest rock
albums of our generation.
(03/18/07 6:00am)
Where old age meets fulfillment, friendship meets love and sea
foam meets the shore, Roger Michell's ""Venus"" stands with frank,
exquisite beauty. Peter O'Toole's Oscar nomination came
well-deserved for his portrayal as Maurice, an aging veteran actor
with a lumpy prostate and particular taste for pleasure.
(03/13/07 6:00am)
What must M. Night do to get some respect around here? Make a
movie about a bored, broken family that experiences some emotional
trauma? Pen a screenplay that follows some poorly adapted story
about ancient Rome? I'm sick of character melodramas and sweeping,
historical epics. I want to see some science fiction done right.
Not ""Sunshine"" starring creepy guy from ""Red Eye."" Not even
""The Day after Tomorrow."" But stories told by people willing to
question the nature of our world. Questions such as, what would you
do if you found out that we are not alone in the universe? How are
our lives changed by things we cannot explain?
(03/01/07 6:00am)
Considering My Morning Jacket concert ticket prices start at
about 100 bones for scaffold seats and the brightness of their
pretentious light shows are on par with that of Lasik surgery, it
is easy to forget you're at a concert and not a test site for
nuclear weapons. However, in 2004 a scraggly band called Dr. Dog
tagged along on the MMJ tour, and though largely unheard of,
captured the hearts of shaggy haired indie kids instantaneously.
(02/25/07 6:00am)
It seems like Lucinda Williams has been in a constant process of
getting over failed relationships for the last decade, and her
latest album hasn't come around to change that—thematically, the
songs on West detail Williams' intensely personal attempts to deal
with the disappointment of love, which is standard turf for her.
But in terms of music, West is an effortlessly perfect combination
of country, folk, blues and rock that neither she nor many others
has ever achieved.
(02/18/07 6:00am)
While most of today's romantic comedy endeavors seem eager to
prove the dwindling existence of great love stories, some of them
still manage to bring a very accomplished feeling of warmth to the
hearts of an audience. ""Music and Lyrics"" is one of those movies.
(02/14/07 6:00am)
With interest I read Sarah Wieckert's article about Charlie Mohr
[""Wisconsin's beloved boxer takes final hit,"" Fall Farewell Issue
2006]. I was the neurosurgeon who attended to Mohr when he was
brought to University Hospital. In 1998, I retired from the
Department of Neurosurgery at the UW after being on the
neurosurgery faculty for 45 and a half years and serving as its
chairman for 33 and a half years.
(02/14/07 6:00am)
Madisonians who want to escape the recent bleak weather and its
blustery snow might want to avoid Capcom's latest Xbox 360 title
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition"" for its frank depiction of a
frozen Hoth-esque planet. However, they'd miss out on a fun, but
flawed start to a new Capcom franchise.
(12/12/06 6:00am)
From Asia to Temple of the Dog, the output of rock supergroups
tends to bow to the hubris that the designation implies. The world
of indie rock, on the other hand, seems to have had much better
luck, with the success stories (the New Pornographers, Broken
Social Scene, the Raconteurs, the Postal Service) outweighing the
also-rans (Electronic).
(12/11/06 6:00am)
A lot has happened to Damien Rice since he released O, his debut
album. His music appeared on the ""Closer"" soundtrack, he dated
RenAce Zellweger and he embraced his popular success. Rice seemed
to disappear after his whirlwind in the spotlight, but now he is
back to where he belongs with 9, his stunning, long-awaited
comeback.
(12/10/06 6:00am)
A shortage of magic in the movie theater has seemingly been
sweeping Hollywood ever since the release of ""Love Actually"" in
2004. Instead of Christmas stories filled with wine, romance and
candles, most movies that have been released during the holiday
season in the past five years have been loaded with idiot slapstick
comedy that involves has-been actors chasing each other around
white suburban America in bathrobes. Movies like ""Love Actually""
and the original ""Santa Clause"" are rare gems in the bleak
mid-winter of Oscar season, and they just don't come around often
enough.
(12/06/06 6:00am)
The Chazen Museum of Art's latest exhibition, Russian Lacquer
Boxes: A Narrative Tradition,"" is one of boundless imagination and
miniature proportions. The gallery showcases 60 densely ornamented
and surprisingly small lacquer boxes, each hand-painted with scenes
from Russian fairy tales and religious stories. It gives viewers
the chance to experience the rich tradition of Russian storytelling
in a beautiful and unexpected way.
(11/02/06 6:00am)
The move from book to film does not always end well. There have
been brutal disasters (All the King's Men"") and there have been
wild successes (""American Psycho""), and while ""Running With
Scissors"" may not fall into either category, it is a wonderful
experience. It's colorful and beautifully cast. Annette Bening and
Joseph Fiennes are spectacular. The movie's pulse is hard and
clear, almost like a human heart as it takes its audience through
odd moments of suspense, authentic human rage and a colorful
mystique that cannot be defined.
